5 Things you may have forgotten about WWE Bad Blood
Recently, the WWE announced the return of one of its older pay per views – Bad Blood – to their 2017 PPV schedule as an event exclusive to the Raw brand. In a surprising move, Vince McMahon and his creative team have decided to resurrect an event that hasn’t been seen on WWE programming for more than a decade.
Bad Blood played host to some significant moments for the WWE during the Attitude Era and during the original Brand Split. The timing of Bad Blood’s return makes for some exciting speculation when you look at the pay per view’s historical importance to the company.
Bad Blood originally debuted in 1997 as Badd Blood: In Your House, and then went on a five-year hiatus until it made a return as a Raw-exclusive PPV in 2003. It would reprise its role in 2004 after which it was shelved. Everyone assumed we would never see the event again till the surprise announcement of its second return.
As we look ahead in anticipation, the time is also right for us to look back upon those moments, which made Bad Blood a pretty exciting event in the late 90s and early noughties. So, without any further ado, here are five things you have forgotten about WWE Bad Blood.
#1 It marked the debut of Kane
If there was a prize for most explosive debut in the history of the WWE, it would have to go to Kane. The Big Red Machine had been hyped for weeks as a ferocious monster who had beef with The Undertaker.
In a world where reality very rarely lives up to the hype, the Kane debut blew everyone away. A true monster in appearance, he cemented himself in wrestling folklore forever when he tore down the entrance to Hell in a Cell and dismantled The Deadman, allowing Shawn Michaels to pick up the victory.
Looking back – nearly two decades later – on the career of Kane and what an integral member of the WWE roster he has become, it is easy to forget that he made his explosive debut on a pay per view called Badd Blood: In Your House.
The first ever Bad Blood PPV was aptly named as it was the perfect stage for the bad blood between The Brothers of Destruction.